His son Jeb Bush Jr., has been garnering attention as well. At a luncheon on Tuesday, Jeb Bush Jr., spoke to the Hispanic Leadership Network just minutes before his father, who is 59, took to the stage at the same event.

Jeb Bush Jr., the youngest of Jeb Bush and Columba Bush’s three children, warned that the changing demographics of the nation will be a problem for Republicans if they lose the support of Hispanic voters. Columba Bush is Mexican-American.

“The numbers are clear,” said Jeb Bush Jr., who is president of a real estate company and runs a Hispanic advocacy group in Miami called SunPAC. “And if we don’t start paying attention to these timelines, we are going to have a serious problem. Imagine Texas as a blue state in a decade.”

States where Democrats do best are typically called blue states, whereas states Republicans do best are called red states.
Jeb Bush Jr. said the electoral map will be a huge problem for Republicans if that were to happen, given California and New York are also solidly blue states.

Jeb Bush Jr., is striking a similar tone as his father who has been repeatedly warning Republicans to ditch the sometimes harsh rhetoric that comes with talking about immigration reform. At the same luncheon, Jeb Bush said conservatives need to “have a tone that is open and hospitable to people who share our values.” He said Latinos will be a key part of the future of the conservative movement if “we just stop acting stupid.”

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